An introduction to the Old Testament
Subtitle: sacred texts and imperial contexts
By: David M. Carr.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405184687; 9781405184670
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- History; Bible. -- O.T. -- History of contemporary events; Bible. -- O.T. -- Introductions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Orientation to multiple bibles and multiple translations; title: Studying the Bible in its ancient context(s); title: The emergence of ancient Israel and its first oral traditions; title: The emergence of the monarchy and royal and zion texts; title: Echoes of past empires in biblical wisdom, love poetry, law, and narrative; title: Narrative and prophecy amidst the rise and fall of the Northern Kingdom; title: Micah, Isaiah, and the southern prophetic encounter with Assyria; title: Torah and history in the wake of the Assyrian Empire; title: Prophecy in the transition from Assyrian to Babylonian; title: Laments, history, and prophecies after the destruction of Jerusalem; title: The Pentateuch and the exile; title: The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian-sponsored rebuilding of Judah; title: Other texts formed in the crucible of post-exilic rebuilding; title: Hellenistic empires and the formation of the Hebrew Bible.